{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Since, according to\r\nyour prayers, and the\r\ncompassion which ye\r\nfeel in Christ Jesus, it\r\nis reported to me that\r\nthe church which is at\r\nAntioch in Syria possesses\r\npeace, it will become\r\nyou, as a church\r\nof God, to elect a deacon\r\nto act as the ambassador\r\nof God [for you] to [the\r\nbrethren there], that he\r\nmay rejoice along with\r\nthem when they are met\r\ntogether, and glorify the\r\nname [of God]. Blessed\r\nis he in Jesus Christ,\r\nwho shall be deemed\r\nworthy of such a ministry;\r\nand ye too shall\r\nbe glorified. And if ye\r\nare willing, it is not\r\nbeyond your power to\r\ndo this, for the sake of<a id=\"r1222\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1222\"><sup>[1222]</sup></a>\r\nGod; as also the nearest\r\nchurches have sent,\r\nin some cases bishops,\r\nand in others presbyters\r\nand deacons.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE PHILADELPHIANS.","Chap. x.—Congratulate the inhabitants of Antioch on the close of the persecution."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-492"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"28c386ed7a2a977cf8dde9ec6676a5d2a58b808d358a83f029c8c31714248890","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1222","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1222","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1222\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1222\">1222</a>. </span>Literally, “for the name of.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1222","text_sha256":"a2dbe66ac0a6aaac60ae4ac95fa63046a0f29abf2c842420e3200ed2a3a6fccb","verified":false,"work_id":null}